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Created in 1998, eXtensible Markup Language or XML, a specification used in software to define the content of an electronic document, has become widely used in business-to-business transactions. Whether sending data over the web or between applications, XML can be used to transmit both text and the meaning of that text.

XML quickly became popular as by this time programming was no longer bound by file size restrictions. With XML being more easily programmable and more verbose (human readable), PESC launched a study group to analyze and recommend to the PESC Board of Directors what steps PESC should take with regard to XML.

In response, the Board Response to the XML White Paper recommended the establishment of a permanent group to address XML development. On August 4, 2002, PESC launched the Standards Forum for the Education Community.

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“The Nova Scotia Council on Admission and Transfer (NSCAT) is excited to become

a PESC Member. We are happy

to support development of the standards

that are key to our success.”

Ruth Blades

Operations Manager

Nova Scotia Council on Admission & Transfer

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“The Chamber Foundation is excited

to join PESC and to contribute

toward the ongoing development

of data standards for education."

Jason A. Tyszko, Vice President

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Center for Education and Workforce

CanPESC

“Lumina Foundation believes that data standards are an essential aspect for improving data quality, transparency, and interoperability

on competencies and credentials for students, employers, and institutions. We are proud to join the data standards community & support efforts that allow systems to connect data together to ensure the ability of students to pursue further education and employment.”

Amber Garrison Duncan

Strategy Director

Lumina Foundation

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In the early 1990's the Standardization of Postsecondary Electronic Education Data Exchange (SPEEDE) Committee of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education worked together to develop the first electronic standards in higher education for processing transcripts, which was developed in an existing technology called Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

With the successful launch and implementation of an EDI transcript standard, other data exchange processes were developed in EDI as well, including admissions and test score reporting. Note; While use of EDI grew and continues to be implemented in the registrar and admissions communities, for a number of reasons including programming complexities, the financial aid community did not adopt and implement EDI but works now in XML.

The EDI standards were originally developed under the requirements of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the most current version of the EDI suite of transactions is version 4, published in April 1998 and based on X12 Version Release 4010. These standards, however, are no longer maintained under ANSI as the community has agreed to work under PESC as education's standards-setting body, thereby making ANSI's role obsolete. PESC's Education Record User Group, established in 2008 to govern the development and support of all admissions and registrars standards, now also governs all EDI standards and all EDI standards are now considered PESC Approved Standards.

Around 2000, admissions, financial aid, and registrar communities also began developing standards in a new technology called eXtensible Markup Language (XML) under PESC. The launch and use of XML does not mean that use of EDI is obsolete. In choosing which technology to use EDI or XML, organizations must determine the capabilities of the organization with which they exchange data and perform a number of analyses including cost benefit and strategic.

Note: The Statistical Networking Applications Project (SNAP) has published a comprehensive implemetation guide for data exchange between and among PK-12 schools/districts and colleges and universities. These two editions are fully compatible.

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"PESC is the platform for innovative,

problem-solving dialogue, which

results in functional standards,

based on real-world business models."

Anne Valentine

President & CEO

DegreeData

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Michael D. Sessa, PESC

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"PESC…a strong and influential

voice for promoting national and international standards to facilitate

postsecondary data exchange."

Ken Sauer, Ph.D., Senior Associate Commissioner and Chief Academic Officer, Indiana Commission for Higher Education

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“As the exchange of student data becomes digitized, we maintain our commitment to standards and join PESC in its mission to develop data standards in the education domain and to staying in the forefront of technological advancement.”
Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert
President, Board of Directors, Association of International Credential Evaluators

“Data standards, trusted source,

empowerment, mobility and its value

to students, education & employers

are the centerpieces of our work.”

Frank C. Cicio, Jr.

CEO and Founder

iQ4 Corporation

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MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS. ONE VISION.

"The alliance between HR Open Standards & PESC allows us to coordinate standards development efforts, exchange knowledge, advance interoperability, and educate the community regarding standards, all of which benefit our members and the industry."

Kim Bartkus

Executive Director

HR Open Standards Consortium

POSTSECONDARY ELECTRONIC STANDARDS COUNCIL

Leading the ESTABLISHMENT AND ADOPTION OF TRUSTED, FREE & OPEN DATA STANDARDS ACROSS THE EDUCATION DOMAIN SINCE 1997

FOUNDED IN 1997

Learn about PESC's founding in 1997 that involved AACRAO ,SPEEDE, EDI, ANSI, X12, Canada , the US Departmentof Education & Y2K.